"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake)
12/01/2014 at 17:24 • Filed to: None
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"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake)
12/01/2014 at 17:24 • Filed to: None | 2
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On a Maxima. Sure, it's a 4 door car, but sports car? No way
Party-vi
> Jayhawk Jake
12/01/2014 at 17:28 |
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They've been doing that since the late 1980s or early 1990s.
HammerheadFistpunch
> Jayhawk Jake
12/01/2014 at 17:29 |
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Like Party-vi said, this is just an old marketing term that meant as little then as now.
Trunk Impaired 318
> Jayhawk Jake
12/01/2014 at 17:29 |
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its like you've never seen their ad
jkm7680
> Jayhawk Jake
12/01/2014 at 17:29 |
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Let's dissect this sticker.
4 DSC- Four disc brakes. That seems nice.
Door- It also has four of those. WOW.
Sports- Maybe the owner meant to have that say "Spores." Must have been an honest mistake.
Car- It's a car.
Jonathan Harper
> Party-vi
12/01/2014 at 17:30 |
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unrelated: sorry for stirring shit :/
Tohru
> Jayhawk Jake
12/01/2014 at 17:30 |
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They've said that on them since the 80's.
jariten1781
> Jayhawk Jake
12/01/2014 at 17:31 |
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It kind of made sense in the early-mid-90s where the Maxima was about the sportiest sedan you could get outside of BMWs. The V6 5 speeds were really nice cars and handled way better than they should have.
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Party-vi
> Jonathan Harper
12/01/2014 at 17:32 |
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S'alright.
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Jonathan Harper
> Party-vi
12/01/2014 at 17:35 |
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My jimmies got rustled. Doesn't happen often, but when it does...
TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
> Jayhawk Jake
12/01/2014 at 17:35 |
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It was true of the Maxima during the 90s though, it was a pretty quick car.
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Jayhawk Jake
> Tohru
12/01/2014 at 17:35 |
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Sure, but now it's a little sad
Funktheduck
> Trunk Impaired 318
12/01/2014 at 17:35 |
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I forgot about this commercial. They left out the part where it goes from rear wheel to front wheel drive.
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Jayhawk Jake
> jkm7680
12/01/2014 at 17:36 |
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It's an old Nissan marketing thing apparently, and it's an OEM sticker.
505Turbeaux
> Party-vi
12/01/2014 at 17:40 |
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and I for one like it! And I don't even like nissans!
PS9
> Jayhawk Jake
12/01/2014 at 17:54 |
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The word 'sport' is the red-headed stepchild of automotive marketing departments the world over.
MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig
> Jayhawk Jake
12/01/2014 at 18:12 |
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Because a front wheel drive sedan with a solid tube rear axle is a sports car.
4-door Supra anyone?
gawdzillla
> Jayhawk Jake
12/01/2014 at 20:14 |
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could have used a 4DC sticker instead, save some cost / weight
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gawdzillla
> 505Turbeaux
12/01/2014 at 20:18 |
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There I fixed it
wantafuncar
> TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut
12/01/2014 at 21:35 |
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Yeah it was. Back in those days, it was just about the only 4 door with any level of performance. It handled well and was not slow...
Wife & I put approximately 150k on a 93 SE.
Amoore100
> Funktheduck
12/02/2014 at 00:03 |
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Yeah, that's a bit important, dontcha think...
NotUnlessRoundIsFunny
> Jayhawk Jake
12/02/2014 at 00:22 |
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Because, well, marketing.
The early Maximas they stuck that on were pretty great handling for their time and price, especially compared with their contemporaries. And you could get them with manuals! So I hold my nose and give them a pass.